Learning Support Assistant (Band 4)
Whytrig Community Middle School, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, NE25 0BP11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,584.00 - £27,269.00 Annually (FTE) Band 4: Scale Points 7 to 11 £25,584 to £27,269 (£17,531 to £18,686 pro-rata)
Learning Support Assistant (Band 4) job summary
Whytrig Middle School
Elsdon Avenue
Seaton Delaval
Tyne and Wear
NE25 0BP
0191 237 1505
LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT (Band 4)
Band 4: Scale Points 7 to 11 £25,584 to £27,269 (£17,531 to £18,686 pro-rata)
Permanent
30 hours per week, Term Time plus one day
Required From 1 September 2025
Small enough to care, big enough to make a positive impact
The Seaton Valley Federation of Schools is committed to delivering high-quality, inclusive education for all students. As part of our ongoing mission to support students with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), we are expanding our dedicated Learning Support Team at Whytrig Middle School.
We are recruiting for a Learning Support Assistant (Band 4) to join our team to work with a specified student. Working under the direction of the SENCo, you will play a key role in supporting students to achieve their individual targets and in helping to deliver a high-quality, accessible curriculum. You will be committed to ensuring that all students receive the support they need to reach their full potential.
Ideally, you will have achieved 5 GCSEs at grades A*–C (or equivalent), including English and Maths. A Teaching Assistant or Special Needs Support qualification is preferred, although we also welcome applications from individuals who are enthusiastic about beginning their career in this field and are keen to develop their skills. You will also need to be able to form effective relationships with students, staff, parents and fellow professionals.
The role will be working five days per week, term-time plus one training day at the start of the school year. It is expected that your initial working hours will be Monday and Friday 9am to 3.30pm, with a 30 minute lunch break each day, although this working pattern may change from time to time to meet the operational needs of the schools.
As a relatively small school, Whytrig benefits from a genuine sense of community. Behaviour across the school is consistently good, with the vast majority of students embracing our core expectations: to be ready, respectful, and safe. These values are embedded in daily school life and contribute to a calm and purposeful learning environment.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced criminal records check is required for this post.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Whytrig Community Middle School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 9 to 13
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 324 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 13
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Whytrig Community Middle School website
School location
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